SA20 Cricket Match Prediction 2024 | Match 11 | MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals – Let’s see who will win. | Jan 19

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Match Analysis

On Friday night at Newlands, the 11th match of the 2024 SA20 will pit MI Cape Town against Paarl Royals. The Royals are one of just two clubs in the tournament to have played three games and won three of them, while the hosts have lost two and won one of their first three encounters. Cape Town kicks off the match at 17:30 local time.

In their most recent game, MI Cape Town made a strong effort to chase down 203 runs to defeat Sunrisers Eastern Cape, but they were only four runs short. In this match, their bowlers will need to be more menacing because the Paarl Royals have a potent batting lineup.

The Paarl Royals are off to a fantastic start in this year’s competition thanks to the clutch hitting of one of their best hitters and the unmatched bowling of Lungi Ngidi. The Royals will go into Newlands with the mindset that they can win four out of four games.

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Team Preview & Squads

MI Cape Town

It was expected that MI Cape Town would play Sunrisers Eastern Cape unaltered following their 98-run triumph over Joburg Super Kings in their previous game, which gave them their first victory of the season. Even though they lost, it was a close loss, therefore we anticipate seeing the same starting lineup.

Ryan Rickleton is a superb keeper-batter who has already scored 243 runs with three half-centuries in his three innings. While his opening batsman has amassed more runs, Rassie van der Dussen, a tall South African, has also been playing well and is aiming to secure a spot at the 2024 T20 World Cup.

The tournament’s opening two matches saw Kagiso Rabada, a right-arm pace bowler with 233 career T20 wickets, take 2/23 and 1/6. Top-tier all-rounder Kieron Pollard, who leads MI Cape Town in their loss to Sunrisers Eastern Cape, claimed the team’s lone two wickets.

MI Cape Town Squads

MI Cape Town

Kieron Pollard (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, George Linde, Connor Esterhuizen, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Beuran Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Olly Stone

Paarl Royals

Even though Paarl Royals had defeated Pretoria Capitals in both of their season-opening wins, their opponents did not alter their starting lineup for Wednesday’s Match 9. Before this match, no injuries have been declared.

The last game saw Jos Buttler, the England white-ball captain, win Player of the Match after going undefeated and hitting eight fours and three sixes in his innings. The captain, David Miller, only scored two runs off of four balls in the most recent game, but he has already scored 118 runs in the tournament this season.

Against the Super Kings, Lungi Ngidi, a South African international pace bowler, dismissed Wayne Madsen and Faf du Plessis in consecutive deliveries. Obed McCoy, the West Indian international who has taken four wickets so far and has not yet lost a game, is having a great start to the season.

Paarl Royals Squads

Paarl Royals

David Miller (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Wihan Lubbe, Fabian Allen, Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Van Buuren, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jason Roy, Obed McCoy

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals outfield report

Newlands, Cape Town

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss, decided to bat, and went on to win the game in the lone SA20 match played at Newlands this season. Before this match, we believe that both teams will want to bat first. There will be clear skies for the whole Cape Town contest. By the end of the game, the temperature will have dropped from the low thirty to the mid-twenties.

This is a great batting pitch; in the previous game played here, 400 runs were achieved with just 7 wickets falling. This pitch should have lots of bounce and speed.

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In their last two matches, MI Cape Town won the both.

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Prediction

Winning the toss

• Paarl Royals

Player of the Match

• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler

Most runs

• MI Cape Town – Ryan Rickleton
• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler

Most wickets

• MI Cape Town – Kagiso Rabada
• Paarl Royals – Lungi Ngidi

Most sixes

• MI Cape Town – Ryan Rickleton
• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler

Team Scores Batting First

• MI Cape Town – 160+
• Paarl Royals – 170+

According to cricket analysts, Paarl Royals have a 51% chance to win.  

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